Cable TV: Advantages and Disadvantages

Wed, Mar 16, 2022 4:05 PM

What is a Cable TV?

Nowadays, there are so many distinct types of TV subscriptions that it can be difficult to keep up with all the terms. When we speak about cable television, however, we apply to any provider that uses cable technology to offer TV service. Cable TV delivers radio frequency signals to your home cable box using coaxial cables or occasionally fiber optic cables, which then receives the TV signals from the coaxial or fiber optic cables and enables you to watch all of your favorite TV shows and movies.

Three different forms of TV technology, including cable TV, satellite TV, and IPTV, allow TV providers to sell TV subscriptions (Internet Protocol Television). Although cable TV delivers radio frequency signals to your cable box using coaxial or fiber-optic cables, satellite TV works via radio waves received by an antenna on the outside of your house and IPTV delivers TV over the internet via a privately-managed network.

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Best Cable TV Providers of 2021

Looking for your area's best TV deal? First, decide the content is provided at your home by cable TV providers, then select a bundle with the channels and features you want. The one for you is the TV provider that has what you need for the best value.

Cox – Best for cable TV bundle discounts
Mediacom – Best for genre-specific add-ons
Spectrum – Best for no-contract cable TV
Xfinity – Best for cheap cable TV packages

Cable TV advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:

1. It is convenient: Cable providers make it convenient for Cable, internet and home phone services to be bundled into one bundle. Bundling is not only easy, but it can save you money as well.

2. Widely Available: There's a decent chance that cable TV in your area is available. About 89 percent of the nation is served by cable companies.

3. Choices: Three or more separate TV package packages are provided by most cable providers. You can select a plan that involves the local channels and common networks you need, and customize your lineup of channels with sports, movies, and more add-on packages.

4. Reliable: For television and internet services, cable lines usually provide a solid, stable link. Often, cable television is not as vulnerable to service interruptions during bad weather as satellites.

You have to consider:

1. Equipment: For Cable TV, in order to access channels and record programs, you need to rent or purchase equipment, such as a cable box.

2. Cost: Cable TV appears to be more costly than services like satellite and IPTV. Fees for equipment and other secret fees will easily drive the cable TV package price over $100/mo.

3. Bundle: With TV and internet packages, some cable TV providers only have certain equipment or special deals available. Others can not even provide independent TV service, needing you if you want TV service with them to get their internet.

Availability and Service Areas

As cable TV operates exclusively by wires, cable distribution lines must be mounted on their local utility poles above the homes of customers or on underground utility lines below the homes of customers. Since the cable lines need to be built over or below your house, not only your ZIP code but often also your real address, decides which cable TV provider is available in your area.

Cox – Available in 19 states. Primary service areas include the Southwest, the central U.S., and the Northeast.
Mediacom – Available in 22 states. Primary service areas include the Midwest, the central U.S., and the Mid-Atlantic.
Optimum – Available in four states. Primary service areas include the Northeast and greater NYC area.
Spectrum Cable – Available in 46 states. Primary service areas include the South, Midwest, and West Coast.
Suddenlink – Available in 19 states. Primary service areas include the Ark-La-Tex region, most of West Virginia, eastern North Carolina, and parts of Arizona, California, Idaho, and Nevada.
Xfinity – Available in 40 states. Primary service areas include the Northwest, Great Lakes area, and the eastern U.S.

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